2010 China League One

The 2010 China League One is the seventh season since the establishment.

China League One

Season	2010
Champions	Guangzhou Evergrande
Promoted	Guangzhou Evergrande Chengdu Blades
Relegated	Nanjing Yoyo
Matches played	156
Goals scored	381 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gao Lin (20 goals, Guangzhou Evergrande)
Biggest home win	Guangzhou 10–0 Nanjing (21 July)
Biggest away win	Nanjing 0–5 Guangzhou (23 October)
Highest scoring	Guangzhou 10–0 Nanjing (21 July)
← 2009 2011 →

Teams

After 2009 season, Liaoning Whowin and Nanchang Bayi Hengyuan were promoted to Chinese Super League 2010 and Sichuan F.C. were relegated to China League Two 2010. They were replaced by Hunan Billows and Hubei Luyin which promoted from League Two 2009, Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C. who relegated from Super League 2009. Beijing Baxy&Shengshi took over Beijing Hongdeng and take their position within the division.^[1]

Chengdu Blades and Guangzhou F.C., who finished in 7th and 9th place in Super League 2009, were relegated from the top flight for match-fixing scandals,^[2] while Qingdao Hailifeng, who finished in 10th place in League One 2009, were banned from all future national matches organized by the CFA for the same reason.^[3]

On 21 July 2010, Guangzhou Evergrande trounced Nanjing Yoyo 10-0 at Century Lotus Stadium, setting a new record in Chinese professional football league for biggest ever League win in the process.^[4]

On 25 September 2010, Guangzhou Evergrande and Chengdu Blades promoted to the Chinese Super League for the 2011 season after Hubei Luyin draw 1-1 with Shanghai Zobon.^[5] On 23 October, Nanjing Yoyo relegated to China League Two after a 5-0 home defeat to Guangzhou Evergrande.^[6]

Foreign players

Club	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3	Player 4	Former Players
Anhui Jiufang	Márcio	Yordan Varbanov	Matthew Mendy
Beijing Baxy&Shengshi	Vlado Jeknić	John Krause
Beijing BIT	Raphael Maitimo	Lim Jong-wook
Chengdu Tiancheng	Johnson Macaba	Brendon Santalab	Harison		Tiago Prado
Guangdong Sunray Cave	Giovane	Joel	Mahama Awal		Guy Madjo
Guangzhou Evergrande	Eduardo Delani	Muriqui	Charles Gbeke	Gabriel Melkam	John Tambouras

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Guangzhou Evergrande (C, P)	24	17	6	1	61	21	+40	57	Promotion to Chinese Super League
2	Chengdu Blades (P)	24	17	5	2	56	15	+41	56
3	Yanbian F.C.	24	12	4	8	30	21	+9	40
4	Shanghai East Asia	24	9	10	5	25	18	+7	37[a]
5	Hubei Luyin	24	10	7	7	30	24	+6	37[a]
6	Hunan Billows	24	10	5	9	21	24	−3	35
7	Shenyang Dongjin	24	6	12	6	23	23	0	30
8	Beijing Baxy&Shengshi	24	10	4	10	24	24	0	28[b]
9	Anhui Jiufang	24	7	3	14	17	36	−19	24
10	Shanghai Zobon	24	5	8	11	22	37	−15	23
11	Guangdong Sunray Cave	24	5	7	12	34	39	−5	22
12	Beijing BIT	24	4	6	14	22	40	−18	18
13	Nanjing Yoyo (R)	24	3	5	16	19	62	−43	14	Disbanded after season

Updated to match(es) played on 30 October 2010. Source: League One table
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored; 7th disciplinary points (1 point for each yellow card, 3 points for each red card.)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Shanghai, 4 pts; Hubei, 1 pt
2. Beijing Baxy&Shengshi were given a 6-point deduction for late payment of wages.^[7]

Results

Home \ Away	AH	BJB	BJT	CD	GD	GZ	HB	HN	NJ	SHZ	SHE	SY	YB
Anhui Jiufang		1–3	1–0	0–4	0–3	0–4	1–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1
Beijing Baxy&Shengshi	3–0		0–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–1
Beijing BIT	1–2	0–0		0–4	2–2	0–3	0–2	2–0	2–2	1–0	1–2	0–0	1–3
Chengdu Blades	4–0	3–1	2–1		3–0	0–0	5–2	3–0	3–0	4–0	0–3	1–1	3–2
Guangdong Sunray Cave	0–1	0–1	2–1	0–3		2–3	5–1	1–1	4–2	5–1	1–2	3–3	1–1
Guangzhou Evergrande	1–0	3–1	3–1	2–2	2–1		2–1	3–1	10–0	3–1	1–1	2–3	2–1
Hubei Luyin	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–1		3–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0
Hunan Billows	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0		0–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Nanjing Yoyo	1–0	1–3	0–2	0–4	2–2	0–5	2–6	2–1		1–2	2–2	0–1	1–0
Shanghai Zobon	1–1	0–1	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	1–1	1–1	1–0		0–0	1–1	1–2
Shanghai East Asia	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	0–0	4–1		0–0	0–0
Shenyang Dongjin	0–0	0–1	2–2	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–1	3–1	0–0	3–1		1–1
Yanbian F.C.	2–0	1–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0

Source: League One results
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Updated to games played on 30 October 2010.^[8]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Gao Lin	Guangzhou Evergrande	20
2	Ye Weichao	Guangdong Sunray Cave	14
3	Jean-Paul Lutula	Yanbian F.C.	13
	Muriqui	Guangzhou Evergrande	13
5	Johnson Macaba	Chengdu Blades	12
	Giovane da Silva	Guangdong Sunray Cave	12
7	Charles Gbeke	Guangzhou Evergrande	9
	Wu Lei	Shanghai East Asia	9
9	Lu Bin	Beijing BIT	7
	Mitchel Brown	Hunan Billows	7
	Anderson Luiz	Shenyang Dongjin	7
	Tiago Honório	Chengdu Blades	7

Notes